Please Read Kimberly’s story—

Shame On Mayo Clinic

Advocating for compassionate care for all patients and sharing my story of how Mayo Clinic misdiagnosed then dumped me after two cancer diagnoses

I was misdiagnosed and abandoned at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida after three (3) plus years as a patient there. I was denied treatment and follow-up care for two types of cancer after I was finally, correctly diagnosed. My name is Kimberly. I have a family. I am a mother of four. I am a wife. I believe in God and Heaven and I have a lot to live for. I love my life and I want to live to see my youngest children grow up.

I want to spread public awareness about GIST Cancer and Thyroid Cancer, share resources to help other cancer patients & ALL patients. ALL patients have the right to compassionate care, timely diagnosis and financial assistance if needed. Click on the “RESOURCES” Tab for information

My ordeal with illness and Mayo Clinic has been crushing but has not completely crushed me. I feel like a tiny ant under the heel of Goliath. I feel that my life had no value to some at Mayo Clinic and I was thrown away like a piece of garbage. But, I am blessed to have found the best of medical care and the utmost compassion from the doctors and staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY which restored my faith that there are medical professionals who have maintained their humanity and have good hearts.  Read “CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE” below.

I want to warn others about Mayo Jacksonville’s administration’s pervasive culture of defensiveness, lack of compassion for me and their blatant, harassing collections protocol and denial of care to me. I know other patients that had very similar experiences but they need to speak up for themselves. There is an obvious, prevalent, pompous attitude with the administration and the financial services department. The physicians, whose attempts to provide patient care and treatment, are ruled with an iron fist by Mayo’s administration and financial services department. My oncologist, a sarcoma specialist, was forced to abandon me by the administration at Mayo Clinic.